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    From Beyond the Blue Oceans
    From Beyond the Blue Oceans
    From Beyond the Blue Oceans
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    From Beyond the Blue Oceans

    By Dr Rajeev Thomas

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    30 million overseas Indians across the world have played an indisputable role in the development and prosperity of their host countries. Now some of them have packed their bags and are returning home to India for good, while many others are still contemplating.
    What’s holding some of them back? What’s motivating others? Is this the right time for a return to India? Do some of them even have a choice? Will there be enough jobs? Can they help transform India through their international exposure?
    What’s the scope and hope at home for the returning Non-Resident Indians?
    Reading this book will provide you the answers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr Rajeev Thomas
    Release dateDec 21, 2016
    ISBN9781370375714
    From Beyond the Blue Oceans
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    Dr Rajeev Thomas

    Dr. Rajeev Thomas is a management expert and leadership transformational coach with over 25 years of experience in a spectrum of business, consulting, coaching engagements, and various life changing projects of social significance.He specializes in adapting and applying various popular management principles to overcome challenges that individuals face on an ongoing basis - not just in their professions, but also in their personal lives. He is a highly demanded trainer, coach, mentor, and strategic advisor with hundreds of hours of impactful engagements to his credit.Having been trained by various Leadership Gurus such as Dr. Stephen Covey, Dr. Edward de Bono, Dr. Ken Blanchard, Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton, Dr. Rajeev Thomas brings with him innovative approaches that have transformed organizations and lives of many individuals internationally.An avid blogger and published author - holder of two Limca Book of Records entries who believes in social entrepreneurship and social change, he vehemently follows his passion of inspiring future generations to be the change.

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      From Beyond the Blue Oceans - Dr Rajeev Thomas

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      Beyond the Blue Oceans

      Scope and hope at home for the returning Non-Resident Indians

      Dr. Rajeev Thomas

      From

      Beyond the blue oceans

      Scope and hope at home for the returning Non-Resident Indians

      E-Book – International - Edition

      Copyright © Dr. Rajeev Thomas 2016

      All Rights Reserved

      The moral right of the author is asserted.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

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      DEDICATION

      This book and my research on this topic are dedicated to the 30 Million Non-Resident Indians all across the globe.

      I salute the sweat and blood that you have shed for your hosting countries and their development, while holding our values, traditions, and love for our motherland and your families close to your hearts.

      I salute your never ending desire to return to your homeland India, to settle down, or to continue working…

      One Day….Some Day.

      CONTENTS

      YESTERDAY

      Service Sector in India

      About the returning Indians

      A Unique Opportunity

      My research and me

      TODAY

      Types of NRIs and some harsh realities

      Saving Habits

      Role of Associations and Embassies

      Lack of Data

      Why do they go back to India?

      Why do they prefer to work overseas?

      Advantages NRIs get by exposure to overseas work environments

      Disadvantages to NRIs

      Opportunities are there in India

      Government’s position on NRIs

      Services that can be provided

      Some other interesting findings of the study

      TOMORROW

      Further studies recommended

      Acknowledgement

      About the Author

      Disclaimer

      YESTERDAY

      I was parked on the seafront at Doha corniche with the windows of my car rolled down. The cool December breeze was wafting softly through and I was beginning to feel a bit chill with the sun about to set, allowing the streetlights to take effect.

      On the other side of the waters I could clearly see the towering glass structures of what is popularly known as the West Bay area. From this angle one would notice the sharp contrast in landscape; with these glass towers in front while the traditionally styled buildings held their own majestically behind you.

      But it was not the soft rays of the dimming sun reflecting off the glass towers that my attention was riveted to. I could see from afar a bus load of laborers returning back to their camps after a long day’s work. They had completed their day’s mission of contributing to building Doha’s infrastructure in preparation of the upcoming football world cup a few years down the line. Most of them would start very early in the morning, leaving to the construction sites with packed quboos (traditional Arabic bread) and some left over curry from the previous night’s dinner. Many of them would be members of the Indian diaspora.

      I could not help but reflect on life’s contrast in front of me. On one side there were many affluent and wealthy Indians who had made their mark on the economy and other employment fields in Qatar, having earned them wealth, fame, and fortune; and on the other end of the spectrum were these ordinary workers who had to factor in so many compromises in their lives to earn a wage to support not just themselves, but many more hungry mouths back in their homeland.

      I could not help but remember that not so many years ago, I too used to shuttle from my labor camp in Jubail in Saudi Arabia, to my worksite which was a 4 -5 hour drive away on large company buses that resembled the big yellow school buses that you see in America and elsewhere. Some of them did not even have air-conditioning to shield one from the baking hot summers of the Middle East.

      On record, all these Indians irrespective of which end of the economically affluent spectrum they belong to, are referred to as ‘Non Resident Indians (NRI)’.

      The official definition of the term says that a Non-Resident Indian (NRI; also known as Pravāsī Bhāratīya) is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian. In common usage, this often includes Indian-born individuals (and also people of other nations with Indian ancestry) who have taken the citizenship of other countries.

      An article I read about the migration trends and history during my research on the subject, says that during the 19th century and until the end of the British Raj, much of the migration that occurred was of daily wage earners to other British colonies under the indenture system. The major destinations were Mauritius, Guyana, the Caribbean, Fiji and East Africa. There was also a small amount of free emigration of skilled laborers and professionals to some of these countries in the twentieth century. When the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolishment Act in 1834, it freed the slave labor force throughout the British colonies. This left many of the plantations without adequate work force as the newly freed slaves left to take advantage of their freedom. This resulted in an extreme shortage of labor throughout many of the British colonies which was resolved by a massive importation of workers. An unrelated system also involved recruitment of workers for the tea plantations of the neighboring British colonies of Sri Lanka and Burma and the rubber plantations of British Malaya (now Malaysia and Singapore). The early steps for mass movement of Indians seeking greener pastures abroad had begun.

      After the 1970s oil boom in the Middle East, numerous Indians emigrated to work in the Gulf countries. With modern transportation and expectations, this was on a contractual basis rather than permanent as in the previous case. These Gulf countries have a common policy of not naturalizing non-Arabs,

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